Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> OK so I just took another look at my monitor calibration and
realised it was
> set for native white point and so I decided that since my "average"
lighting
> was likely a lot lower than this I decided to re-calibrate at
5000/D50.  The
> Eye One recommends a target luminance of 140 for an LCD but I can't
get this
> even with full brightness on my Apple HD Cinema Display with a white
point
> of D50 (I can easily exceed this figure using native white point). 
So what
> should I do from here?

I would disregard that Eye One recommendation. I use a luminance of
about 85 with my CRT. Of course a lot depends on your ambient light
intensity--I assumed it would be fairly subdued. IMHO, 140 cd/m2 is an
extremely high luminance (too high)--for your (well, for my) eye
comfort and especially for your print-matching efforts. If using such
a high monitor luminance, you'd probably be unhappy that your prints
are "too dark". A luminance _below_ 100 is commonly recommended. 

Phil